Gemplus’s GemProx contactless reader has been combined with an all-weather biometric smart card reader manufactured by Saflink. The integrated reader is designed to secure access to both airports and seaports and complies with HSPD-12 and FIPS 201 mandates. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

SCM Microsystems’ physical access control terminals, designed to support the United States’ 3.8 million Common Access Control cards and the new CAC contactless interface cards scheduled for distribution in the next couple of months, have been deployed at an unnamed U.S. Air Force facility. Read the full article SecureIDNews.com

Saflink has announced a partnership with identity management solutions provider ImageWare Systems, allowing Saflink’s SureAccess to integrate with ImageWare’s secure identification software development kit. Through the partnership, organizations such as ports and airports will be able to use both solutions to implement and manage custom credentialing systems. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

The Smart Card Alliance is sponsoring a live demonstration of an end-to-end FIPS 201 identity management system process during the ISC West 2006 conference in Las Vegas April 5-7. The demo will cover enrollment, registration, printing, issuance, activation and use of a PIV card. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Lenel OpenCard Readers are now compliant with U.S. Government FIPS 201 Medium Level Assurance requirements, and also support backward compatibility with Lenel Prox cards, thanks to its private label OEM agreement that now allows XceedID multi-technology readers to be produced under the Lenel name. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Our subscribers have gathered by now how rapidly the U.S. federal government is moving toward a common identification credential, driven by presidential mandate HSPD-12 and the resulting FIPS-201 guidance. We saw another example of the importance of this tasking when security system provider Lenel Systems and government contractor Lockheed Martin hosted an HSPD-12 related event […]

Dual track sessions covering Implementation and policy and technical top the Smart Card Alliance’s Fifth Smart Cards in Government conference April 18-20 in Arlington, Va. Some of the sessions will focus on HSPD-12, e-passports, the Registered Traveler program, the REAL ID Act, FIPS 201 compliance, dual interface cards, biometric templates, contactless interfaces, physical access control […]

HID has introduced a new dual reader that handles both prox and contactless, making it easier for existing customers to upgrade from their current 125 kHz prox technology to HID’s 13.56 MHZ iCLASS cards. The reader is expected to be available in the second quarter. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

An all-weather biometric smart card reader from Washington-based Saflink Corp. can harden security for both seaports and airports. It’s the first Saflink reader designed to meet NIST/FIPS 201 requirements and can be integrated with many existing physical access control systems. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com

Sagem Morpho says it is seeking FIPS 201 certification on its JD-ID Mark 64 v.1 card with a PIV applet and its PIV Client API v.1 to meet the requirements of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12. Read the full article at SecureIDNews.com